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William Blake, after Governor Phillip Gidley King A Family of New South Wales 1792 from John Hunter, An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk island, London, 1793 etching and engraving (NGV 40) Purchased, 1984 P8-1974 National Gallery of Victoria John Hunter was captain of the Sirius on its voyages to N.S.W., 1787-92 and his journal is one of the most important documents of early British settlement and exploration of Australia. Philip Gidley King was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Norfolk Island in 1790. His drawing of this subject is now in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. Blake has idealized the features of the figures giving them a dignity absent from King's plain sketch. |